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mk  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is the popular page no longer a "top" page?

Astral, this is exactly what's going on here. With the current size of the community, it isn't too difficult to get the majority of the most popular posts in your feed.

At this point, I think a more accurate name might be 'active' rather than 'popular', because it does in fact measure activity as much as the number of shares. I'm considering changing the weight of activity on the equation to pull up a list of posts that have a greater number of shares.





briandmyers  ·  4345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe calling it "popular externals" would make it more intuitive that your feed isn't there?

mk  ·  4344 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For us, I think. But I don't think new users would get it. I think it's still a work in progress. Currently my popular content looks pretty good, but my feed is better. However, some have reported the opposite.

Astral  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That would be great!

StephenBuckley  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

'Active' sounds like a great idea! I would love to see separate 'Popular' and 'Most Commented.'